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GL5205: MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING: PRODUCTION, RISK MANAGEMENT AND PSYCHOLOGY (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

This course will provide an understanding of the management aspects of reservoir, facilities, pipeline and safety engineering in the hydrocarbon industry.  It will also give an understanding of approaches to risk management and psychology that will enhance management decision-making.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr David Muirhead

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

1. Reservoir models 2. Basics of production geology and the production geology toolkit 3. Reservoir heterogeneities 4. Turbidite reservoir architecture 5. Trends in reservoir management 6. Composition and properties of petroleum fluids (compresssibility of gases; phase behaviour and reservoir fluid types; fluid pressure gradients and contacts) 7. Reservoir drive mechanisms 8. Volumetric estimation 9. Undersaturated reservoirs 10. Material balance, reservoir fluid mechanics, immiscible, displacement, gas utilisation 11. Secondary Recovery 12. Situation awareness 13. Risk Perception 14. Conformity and groupthink 15. Leadership and stress at work.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

There are some in-course exercises for formative feedback. The summative element consists of two elements each worth 30% of the total marks for the course, and an examination (40%).

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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